Published 7:23 pm, Friday, January 4, 2013

SKINNY: The Stags are riding a six-game winning streak following a 66-45 win over Canisius Thursday night. Maurice Barrow led the way with a career-high 21 points. ... Malcolm Gilbert, a 6-foot-10 center from Smyrna, Del., will transfer from Pittsburgh to Fairfield and will enroll for the spring semester, head coach Sydney Johnson said Friday. Gilbert, who will be eligible to play for the Stags next season, is the brother of Fairfield forward Marcus Gilbert. ... Niagara, which is 5-1 at home, is coming off a 94-72 win over Marist. The Purple Eagles have won three out of their last four.

SKINNY: The Pioneers are fresh off a 77-73 win over LIU Brooklyn on Thursday night, a win that ended a seven-game losing streak. Junior Louis Montes led the Pioneers to their best offensive game of the season with a career-high 35 points in the win. SHU shot a season-best 53.7 percent (29-54) in snapping a five-game losing streak to the defending champion Blackbirds. ... The Terriers come in off an impressive 63-61 road win at Quinnipiac on Thursday.Sophomore guard Brent Jones had a steal and lay-up for the go-ahead points with just nine seconds left in the win.

UP NEXT: Thursday at Central Connecticut, 7

St. Francis, N.Y. at Sacred Heart women

WHEN: Saturday, 1

WHERE: Pitt Center, Sacred Heart

RECORDS: St. Francis, N.Y 3-8, 0-0 NEC; Sacred Heart 8-4, 0-0

SKINNY: The Pioneers are riding a four-game winning streak, including a 67-62 win over Yale. ... The Terriers closed out their non-conferece schedule with a 58-55 win over Rider.